I could not love thee (Dear) so much,
Lov'd I not Honour more.
        (To Lucasta, Going to the Wars, 11-12)

1. The Snail
2. Song to Amarantha, that she would Dishevel her Hair
3. To Althea, from Prison
4. To Lucasta, Going to the Wars

Biographical information

Given name: Richard
Family name: Lovelace
Birth date: 9 December 1617
Death date: 1657
Nationality: English
Family relations
          father: William Lovelace
          brother: Dudley-Posthumus Lovelace
          brother: Francis Lovelace
          brother: William Lovelace
          sister: Joane Cesar
Language: English
Education
          Charterhouse
          Gloucester Hall, Oxford: 27 June 1634
          Cambridge: 1637
Literary movement: Cavalier poets
Literary period: Commonwealth
Occupation: Cavalier
Residences
          Kent
          London
          Woolwich: 9 December 1617
          Gatehouse, Westminster: 30 April 1642
          Petre House, Aldersgate: 1648
Buried at: West end of St. Bride's church
First RPO edition: 1997